...in the end we will see who ultimately wins...
Define "win."
I'll try, with the help of the Dictionary.com:
Pyrrhic victory
A victory that is offset by staggering losses or achieved at too great a cost. This expression alludes to King Pyrrhus of Epirus, who defeated the Romans at Asculum in a.d. 279, but lost his best officers and many of his troops. Pyrrhus then said: "Another such victory and we are lost." In English the term was first recorded (used figuratively) in 1879.
This applies to both antagonists in this little passion play.